Tamlin Homes Blog

Are You Interested in Laneway Housing? Tamlin has completed this beautiful Laneway Home in North Vancouver. A laneway house is a form of housing that is gaining popularity on the west coast of Canada, especially in the Metro Vancouver area. These homes are typically...

Tamlin Ships all over Canada and the USA! Here are some commonly asked questions we get from our clients when they first start to inquire about their recreational or remote home project: Can you design my home if I live far away? Yes, we can. We have worked with...

Do you know what the HPO is for New Construction? The Homeowner Protection Act (Act) provides for the licensing of residential builders and makes third-party home warranty insurance mandatory on new home construction throughout the province of BC. The licensing and...

Tamlin is a general contractor of custom residential homes which gives us a huge advantage when we are designing and shipping our house packages to remote areas or out-of- province destinations. Here is some information on how you can benefit from our thirty years...

Our Maple Ridge project has the septic system installed, the structural build pad is ready for the footing to start this Thursday. This project ran into some issues under the surface once we started the excavation. And although we had dug several test holes prior to...

Vancouver Home & Design Show is October 22 - 25th 2015 This year we are in booth 1534. Please come and see us and chat about your new home or cottage plans. We have numerous photos of projects we have built and designed. 2015 has been a very busy year for Tamlin -...

Tamlin Homes custom timber frame project in North Burnaby is reaching completion and the owners cannot wait to move into this spacious, modern home that has spared no detail. The owners are awaiting delivery of their appliances and furniture, soon the final finishing...

That’s easy. Let Tamlin Homes work with you to design and build your custom home and save up to 30%. Our clients Mr. and Mrs. Bell who lived in Florida had a dream of retiring in Colorado. They wanted to build their own dream home. Tamlin’s West-Coast-style Timber...

This home has been a pleasure to build. Our home owners have been amazing, as have all of our sub trades. Some of whom have been away from their families constructing someone else's dream home for months at a time! Great job team! During the next few weeks, the final...

Tamlin Homes has custom designed a fabulous hybrid timber frame for a project on Vancouver Island, close to Black Creek BC. This home features stunning exposed douglas fir timbers in the great room area of the house. We test fit the timber in our timber manufacturing...

This is one awesome cabin. It has 1028 total square footage on two floors. The footprint is 593 sq. ft. and 435 sq. ft. on the upper loft floor. It features stunning exposed timber beams throughout both floors and an open concept layout, perfect for entertaining and...

Our client, from Alberta, has enlisted Tamlin to design and build his stunning hybrid timber frame home on Vancouver Island. And a huge part of our manufacturing of timber frame homes and structures is the test fitting process we do here at our facility. Piece by...